Here are a few columns that shed some light on the positive role bj-league teams have played in their communities, as well as abroad.
Tokyo Apache school visit in 2006:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2006/11/02/basketball/bj-league/bryant-apache-reaching-out-to-community/#.VCuzwWd_uh0
The Niigata Albirex BB provide assistance and moral support after an earthquake in Niigata Prefecture in 2007:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2007/08/11/basketball/bj-league/albirex-stand-tall-for-niigata/#.VCuzRmd_uh0
Sendai 89ers captain Takehiko Shimura emerged as an encouraging voice and a brave, positive symbol of hope for the Tohoku region after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2011/10/07/basketball/bj-league/selfless-shimura-relishing-basketballs-return-to-sendai/#.VCu0h2d_uh0
Shiga Lakestars big man Ray Schafer and his wife, Sarah, were weeklong volunteers during an Otsu Baptist Church project in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, just weeks after 3/11. (See the Lending a hand section near the bottom of the notebook:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2011/05/13/basketball/bj-league/rookie-coach-blackwell-admires-veteran-peers/#.VCvEomd_uh0
Sendai 89ers provide support to South Dakota teenager battling cancer in 2012:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2012/11/23/basketball/bj-league/89ers-lend-support-to-s-dakota-teen-battling-cancer/#.VCuz92d_uh0
Coaches and athletes speak out against corporal punishment in 2013:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/01/20/basketball/bj-league/veteran-athletes-coaches-adamant-that-corporal-punishment-has-no-place-in-sports/#.VC5hYFdbvSg
Kyoto power forward Reggie Warren wears a pink headband during game to show support for those fighting cancer. (October 2014):
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/10/21/basketball/bj-league/kyoto-forward-warren-dedicates-play-battling-cancer/#.VEc9zWd_uh0
Tokyo Apache school visit in 2006:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2006/11/02/basketball/bj-league/bryant-apache-reaching-out-to-community/#.VCuzwWd_uh0
The Niigata Albirex BB provide assistance and moral support after an earthquake in Niigata Prefecture in 2007:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2007/08/11/basketball/bj-league/albirex-stand-tall-for-niigata/#.VCuzRmd_uh0
Sendai 89ers captain Takehiko Shimura emerged as an encouraging voice and a brave, positive symbol of hope for the Tohoku region after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2011/10/07/basketball/bj-league/selfless-shimura-relishing-basketballs-return-to-sendai/#.VCu0h2d_uh0
Shiga Lakestars big man Ray Schafer and his wife, Sarah, were weeklong volunteers during an Otsu Baptist Church project in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, just weeks after 3/11. (See the Lending a hand section near the bottom of the notebook:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2011/05/13/basketball/bj-league/rookie-coach-blackwell-admires-veteran-peers/#.VCvEomd_uh0
Sendai 89ers provide support to South Dakota teenager battling cancer in 2012:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2012/11/23/basketball/bj-league/89ers-lend-support-to-s-dakota-teen-battling-cancer/#.VCuz92d_uh0
Coaches and athletes speak out against corporal punishment in 2013:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/01/20/basketball/bj-league/veteran-athletes-coaches-adamant-that-corporal-punishment-has-no-place-in-sports/#.VC5hYFdbvSg
Kyoto power forward Reggie Warren wears a pink headband during game to show support for those fighting cancer. (October 2014):
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/10/21/basketball/bj-league/kyoto-forward-warren-dedicates-play-battling-cancer/#.VEc9zWd_uh0
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